What to do with the last 2,000 square feet at the Garden State Discovery Museum? It has been referred to as Narnia for 3 years now and it's our only large storage space. (Narnia is located to the left of our Sport Court for those of you who are familiar with our museum.) If we are going to sacrifice storage then it had better be worth it.
The DINOSAURIUM idea was introduced to us by a dino fan and artist friend of ours. His sketches included dino skeletons to climb, puppeteer, and build. Our young exhibit crew took the ideas and ran with gusto. A giant dig was included in the center, a pteranodon sculpted by Eric Schultz shrieking and flying overhead, fog, lights, amplified sound and enough paleontological play to keep even the most precocious of young dino experts busy for hours. The whole space will be converted using certified green building materials with daylighting, sensored lights, and save the planet tips around every corner! The planning and designing is always the fun part. Then we take the big ideas and see how much it is going to cost to convert our Narnia into an authentic dig sight in tribute to South Jersey's role in paleontology fame. The first dinosaur was discovered in Haddonfield, NJ just 5 miles from the Museum.
$250,000.00 is the ticket price and we are going to raise this a dollar at a time! We are now launching the campaign DOLLARS FOR DINOS! We have already gotten a generous private donation of $10,000.00 to kick it off. So the race begins! Get your dollars in everybody. We are going back in time!
